Talk about the technical difficulties NBC News had, Tim Ryan's comments on China, Elizabeth Warren's studious note taking, Beto O'Rourke answering questions and Cory Booker side-eyeing him for it dominated the reactions to night one of the first Democratic debate in Miami.

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Talk about the technical difficulties NBC News had, Tim Ryan's comments on China, Elizabeth Warren's studious note taking, Beto O'Rourke answering questions and Cory Booker side-eyeing him for it dominated the reactions to night one of the first Democratic debate in Miami.

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Talk about the technical difficulties NBC News had, Tim Ryan's comments on China, Elizabeth Warren's studious note taking, Beto O'Rourke answering questions and Cory Booker side-eyeing him for it dominated the reactions to night one of the first Democratic debate in Miami.

"Oh – technical difficulties. It's the Russians," wrote Democratic candidate Andrew Yang when NBC News experienced technical difficulties. The issue lead to people being able to hear commotion in the control room, during the beginning of the second hour of the debate.

Journalist Ben Parsons tweeted out a GIF of Spongebob Squarepants panicking in a room engulfed in flames along with the tweet, "The NBC Control Room right now. #DemDebate #DemocraticDebates."

Later in the second hour of the debate, the moderators asked the candidates to share what they thought was the single biggest threat to the United States. People poked fun at Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan's answer of "China wiping us around the world."

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"'China is uh wiping us...around the world, economically' - guy on the stage with the eyes," wrote one person, also referencing how Ryan rarely, if ever, blinked while giving his responses to questions during the debate.

"'What's the biggest threat to the US?' Ryan: 'China, they are wiping us. Just absolutely wiping. They're China wiping us yes,'" another person wrote.

And early in the debate, some viewers noticed that Sen. Warren of Massachusetts was studiously taking notes while other candidates were responding to questions.

"Me every time I see Elizabeth Warren taking vigorous notes while the others are talking: you are the Hermione Granger president of my dreams. #DemocratDebate," one person watching the debate tweeted out along with a GIF of the Harry Potter character waving her wand in the air.

Another one of the early viral moments of the debate was when O'Rourke, the former congressman from Texas, answered the first question posed to him partially in Spanish, and Sen. Booker of New Jersey gave him a side-eye that has already circulated social media as a GIF.